Southland Conference softball tournament | |
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Conference softball championship | |
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Sport | Softball |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Double-elimination tournament |
Played | 1983-1990;1996-Present |
Last contest | 2025 |
Current champion | Southeastern Louisiana |
Most championships | McNeese (9) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
Official website | Southland.org Softball |
The Southland Conference softball tournament is the conference championship tournament in college softball for the Southland Conference (SLC). It is a double-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I softball tournament.
The Southland Conference softball tournament is a double-elimination tournament held each year at various SLC campus stadiums. The number of tournament teams has varied over the years. After three years with a 7 team format, the 2025 tournament is moving back to an 8 team format. Of the twelve current conference members, University of New Orleans and UT Rio Grande Valley do not sponsor softball.
The tournament was first held in 1983 when the conference began sponsoring softball. The tournament was not held from 1991 to 1995 and was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Year | School | Venue | City | MVP ** |
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1983 | McNeese State [a] | Beaumont Athletic Complex | Beaumont, Texas | No MVP |
1984 | Southwestern Louisiana [b] | Unknown | Lafayette, Louisiana | No MVP |
1985 | Northeast Louisiana [c] | ULM Softball Complex | Monroe, Louisiana | No MVP |
1986 | Northeast Louisiana [c] | Allan Saxe Field | Arlington, Texas | No MVP |
1987 | Southwestern Louisiana [b] | Unknown | Denton, Texas | No MVP |
1988 | Sam Houston State [d] | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Joanne Graham |
1989 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Bearkat Softball Field | Huntsville, Texas | Debra Jones |
1990 | Stephen F. Austin | Bobcat Softball Stadium | San Marcos, Texas | Sandi Green |
1991-1995 | No conference tournament | |||
1996 | Nicholls State [f] | Colonels Softball Complex | Thibodaux, Louisiana | Leslie Efferson |
1997 | Nicholls State [f] | ULM Softball Complex | Monroe, Louisiana | Courtney Blades |
1998 | Northwestern State | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Becca Allen |
1999 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Amber Mosher |
2000 | Northwestern State | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Erin Mancuso |
2001 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Bobcat Softball Stadium | San Marcos, Texas | Jessica Chase |
2002 | Northwestern State | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Amanda Ortego |
2003 | Texas–Arlington [g] | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Katy Cox |
2004 | Texas-San Antonio [h] | Bobcat Softball Stadium | San Marcos, Texas | Ursula Mares |
2005 | McNeese State [a] | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Jessica Denham |
2006 | Texas-San Antonio [h] | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Jessica Els |
2007 | Sam Houston State [d] | Bearkat Softball Complex | Huntsville, Texas | Brandi Crnkovic |
2008 | Stephen F. Austin | Bobcat Softball Stadium | San Marcos, Texas | Monika Covington |
2009 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Cowgirl Diamond | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Chandler Hall |
2010 | McNeese State [a] | Bobcat Softball Complex | San Marcos, Texas | Meagan Bond |
2011 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Bearkat Softball Complex | Huntsville, Texas | Chandler Hall |
2012 | Southwest Texas State [e] | Roadrunner Field | San Antonio, Texas | Chandler Hall |
2013 | Northwestern State | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Kylie Roos |
2014 | Northwestern State | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Kaylee Guidry |
2015 | Central Arkansas | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Kylee Studioso |
2016 | McNeese State [a] | Cowgirl Diamond | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Erika Piancastelli |
2017 | McNeese State [a] | Farris Field | Conway, Arkansas | Erika Piancastelli |
2018 | McNeese State [a] | Joe Miller Field | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Morgan Catron |
2019 | Sam Houston | Lady Demon Diamond | Natchitoches, Louisiana | Lindsey McLeod |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | McNeese | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Whitney Tate, McNeese |
2022 | McNeese | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Crislyne Moreno, McNeese |
2023 | McNeese | Joe Miller Field | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Reese Reyna, McNeese |
2024 | Southeastern Louisiana | North Oak Park | Hammond, Louisiana | Lexi Johnson, Southeastern Louisiana |
2025 | Southeastern Louisiana | Joe Miller Field | Lake Charles, Louisiana | Chloe Magee, Southeastern Louisiana |
Current Southland members, as of the next NCAA softball season in 2025, in bold.
School | Championships | Years |
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McNeese (McNeese State) | 9 | 1983, 2005, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Texas State (Southwest Texas State) | 6 | 1989, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2012 |
Northwestern State | 5 | 1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014 |
Sam Houston (Sam Houston State) | 3 | 1988, 2007, 2019 |
Louisiana–Monroe (Northeast Louisiana) | 2 | 1985, 1986 |
Louisiana (Southwestern Louisiana) | 2 | 1984, 1987 |
Nicholls (Nicholls State) | 2 | 1996, 1997 |
Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | 2024, 2025 |
Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 1990, 2008 |
UTSA (Texas–San Antonio) | 2 | 2004, 2006 |
Central Arkansas | 1 | 2015 |
UT Arlington (Texas–Arlington) | 1 | 2003 |